Definitions for sloe
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Allegheny plum, Alleghany plum, sloe, Prunus alleghaniensisnoun

   wild plum of northeastern United States having dark purple fruits with yellow flesh

2. blackthorn, sloe, Prunus spinosanoun

   a thorny Eurasian bush with plumlike fruits

3. sloenoun

   small sour dark purple fruit of especially the Allegheny plum bush

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sloenoun

   The small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself.

2. sloenoun

   Any of various other plants of the genus Prunus, as a shrub or small tree, P. alleghaniensis, bearing dark-purple fruit.

3. Etymology: From slah, from slaihwō. Cognate with Danish slåen, Dutch slee, German Schlehe and perhaps with Russian слива.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sloenoun

   The fruit of the blackthorn, a small wild plum.

   Etymology: sla , Saxon; slaae, Danish.

   The fair pomgranate might adorn the pine,
   The grape the bramble, and the sloe the vine. Richard Blackmore.

   When you fell your underwoods, sow haws and slows in them, and they will furnish you, without doing of your woods any hurt. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. sloe

   Prunus spinosa, called blackthorn or sloe, is a species of flowering plant in the rose family Rosaceae. The species is native to Europe, western Asia, and regionally in northwest Africa. It is locally naturalized in New Zealand, Tasmania, and the Pacific Northwest and New England regions of the United States. The fruits are used to make sloe gin in Britain and patxaran in Spain. The wood is used to make walking sticks, including the Irish shillelagh.

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1. sloe

   A sloe is the small, dark bluish-black fruit of the blackthorn bush, typically used in making alcoholic drinks such as sloe gin. It's also known as Prunus spinosa, a species of the Rosaceae family.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sloenoun

   a small, bitter, wild European plum, the fruit of the blackthorn (Prunus spinosa); also, the tree itself

2. Etymology: [OE. slo, AS. sl; akin to D. slee, G. schlehe, OHG. slha, Dan. slaaen, Sw. sln, perhaps originally, that which blunts the teeth, or sets them on edge (cf. Slow); cf. Lith. slywa a plum, Russ. sliva.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sloe

   slō, n. the blackthorn, producing white flowers before the leaves, the shoots making excellent walking-sticks: the austere fruit, a good preserve. [A.S. slá; Dut. slee, a sloe.]

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1. • Bush
   • Plum
   • Wild Plum

Anagrams for sloe »

1. ESOL

2. Leos

3. lose

4. sole

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of sloe in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of sloe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=sloe
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Sloe
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=sloe
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloe
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sloe
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=sloe